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United Jewish Communities News Release

For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Cohen (973) 929-3084
November 4, 2009

**Media Advisory**

Two MetroWest events will be part of the 20th Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance 

Kristallnacht Commemoration
Date:   Monday, November 9, 2009
Time:   7:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Place: College of Saint Elizabeth
Dolan Performance Hall in the Annunciation Center
2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J.
 

Challenges and Opportunities in Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Date:   Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Time:   7:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Place: College of Saint Elizabeth
Dolan Performance Hall in the Annunciation Center
2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J.
 

The Holocaust Education Resource Center of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown will hold two commemorative events as part of the 20th Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance. The 20th Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance will take place from November 9 to November 12, 2009. 

Both events are free and open to the public. 

On Monday, November 9, from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m., a Kristallnacht Commemoration will be held at the Dolan Performance Hall in the Annunciation Center of the College of Saint Elizabeth, at 2 Convent Road, Morristown. The Kristallnacht Commemoration will include an interfaith service, testimonies by two survivors, George Greene of Caldwell and Fred Heyman of Morristown, and music performed by the Elizabeth Singers. 

The Kristallnacht Commemoration is being co-sponsored by the Community Relations Committee and the Holocaust Council of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, and the Faith Lutheran Church in New Providence. 

On Wednesday, November 11, from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m., an interfaith dialogue will be conducted at the Dolan Performance Hall in the Annunciation Center of the College of Saint Elizabeth, at 2 Convent Road, Morristown. 

The dialogue is titled “Challenges and Opportunities in Jewish-Christian Dialogue.” The speakers will be 

  • Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, President, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL); Director, President’s Commission on the Holocaust
  • Rev. John Pawlikowski, Director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
  • Dr. Henry Knight, Director, Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College, New Hampshire

For a complete schedule of these and the annual, in-class faculty sessions, email , or visit www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter. 

For directions to the College of Saint Elizabeth, visit www.cse.edu/directions. 

United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ raises funds through its United Jewish Appeal campaign, provides resources and coordinates programs and services for the Jewish community in Essex, Morris, and Sussex counties, as well as part of Union county. As the key Jewish philanthropic organization, the federation and its 18 local beneficiary agencies strive to fulfill the communal and social service needs of the MetroWest community. It also works to maintain the integrity and dignity of Jewish life through its national and international fundraising efforts.

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